- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by SL93 (talk) 22:43, 14 September 2021 (UTC)
- ... that Aaron Martin missed his penalty kick in the longest penalty shoot-out in English professional football history? Source: "The Checkatrade Trophy shoot-out, which only mattered for a bonus point, turned out to be the the longest in the history of English football... centre-back Martin had a chance to earn the bonus point for the U’s with the score at 7-7, but saw his effort saved" (link)
- ALT1:... that Aaron Martin was signed to Southampton at age 20 after having two unsuccessful trials at the club as a young child? Source: "Aaron Martin, twice had an unsuccessful trial with Southampton at U-12 level" (link) "Southampton have completed the signing of Eastleigh's former England Schools defender Aaron Martin. The 20-year-old penned an 18-month contract" (link)
Improved to Good Article status by EchetusXe (talk). Self-nominated at 13:32, 6 September 2021 (UTC).
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General: Article is new enough and long enough
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Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
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Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
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Overall:
WP:EARWIG shows an 81% match with
this site, but it seems clear to me that the website was copying from Wikipedia, not the other way around. In my opinion, ALT0 is
much more interesting than ALT1, but either works.
Bait30 Talk 2 me pls? 02:18, 8 September 2021 (UTC)